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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
The use of "start"
what's the difference between these 2?
make a start on something
take a start on something
does it have to be modified or anything?
make a start on something
take a start on something
does it have to be modified or anything?
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'Make a start' means attempt a beginning. ' The other one is not an idiom I am familiar with.
- 'Make a start' means attempt a beginning.
- ' The other one is not an idiom I am familiar with.
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'Make a start' means attempt a beginning. It can be modified in many ways:
'Last week I made a terrible start on my thesis, and now I will have to begin all over.'
The other one is not an idiom I am familiar with.
'Last week I made a terrible start on my thesis, and now I will have to begin all over.'
The other one is not an idiom I am familiar with.
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I've heard the second sentence a few times from a few people. I'm not too sure about what it means. But I'm thinking it's just a redundancy.
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